If you have been struggling with chronic addiction relapse issues, the first thing you need to do is stop beating on yourself. The reality is relapsed happen far more often than anyone could imagine. That means you are in a normal class of addiction sufferers.
What you have to remember is addictions are diseases. Even worse, they are diseases for which there is no known cure. As you went through treatment, there was no chance you were going to completely rid yourself of the desire to keep using drugs or alcohol. Instead, your efforts were being pointed towards arresting your addiction and positioning yourself to better cope with the things that cause you to self-medicate. Meanwhile, your addiction was supposed to be rendered dormant. It’s unfortunate if no one ever explained this to you.
Going forward, you still have this chronic relapse issue you have to address. It’s clearly a tall order, but there are ways drug and alcohol treatment centers like ours can help you continue the battle towards a lasting recovery. The key to success is you not giving up hope. As long as you are willing to keep reporting back to rehab for help, rehab facilities will keep helping you find the right solution.
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If your next stint in rehab is not your first or your second, you would be well within your rights to try a different rehab facility. Like anything else, each facility does things a little different. Your lack of success at maintaining a lasting recovery might be as a result of you not getting access to the right treatment personnel.
If you have already been through several treatment facilities, it’s likely the problem lies within yourself. Taking that position, the rehab you feel most comfortable with is where you want to head to for additional treatment.
Most likely, there are three reasons why you are encountering continuing problems with your addiction. They include:
- You haven’t spent enough time in treatment
- You haven’t been given access to the right treatment options
- Your living environment is so toxic, you can’t break the chains that bind you
There’s very little rehab facility that can do about the last problem on this list. That’s something you need to address on your own. It’s the responsibility of your therapists to arm you with the coping skills to make better decisions. The good news is the first two problems are things a rehab facility can likely do something about. Let’s discuss further.
You Haven’t Spent Enough Time in Treatment
There’s a good chance you have been in and out of rehab while going through standard one to two-month treatment programs each time. Clearly, that’s not working. What you will likely need to do is go through what the addiction treatment community refers to as extended treatment.
It’s really a matter a keeping you isolated away from your drug of choice long enough to beat back that incessant drive you have to keep using it. That might require as long as 180 consecutive days or more of therapy. It might sound drastic, but drastic situations demand drastic measures. During your time in an extended addiction treatment program, you would continue working on isolating problems and developing the coping skills you will need to deal with temptation and your triggers.
At some point, you have to stay in rehab as long as it takes to firm up your recovery. Have faith. There is a point for pretty much everyone when treatment finally takes hold.
You Haven’t Been Given Access to the Right Treatment Options
In this modern age of addiction treatment, therapists have access to literally dozens of different treatment options. It’s quite possible you haven’t yet encountered the treatment option that flips the recovery switch in your mind and body.
This is something your therapists need to address. They need to think about what hasn’t worked and started offering new options into the mix. One reason why trying a new rehab is a good idea is because you might get access to more treatment options. To prompt your therapists, you might mention terms of evidenced-based therapies and holistic treatment.
We feel for anyone who is battling chronic relapses. That’s why we feel compelled to work hard to help people like you. If you want more information about how we might go about helping you finally find sobriety, you can call one of our representatives at 844-903-2111